PLA policies being changed to attract college graduates

Hey, newly-graduated and jobless fenqing! Proving how much you love the motherland now sounds mighty tempting, doesn’t it? “The People’s Liberation Army (PLA) plans to recruit more well-educated young people and pledges to increase servicemen’s income, according to a draft amendment to the country’s military recruitment law. The amendment, which is up for review at the 11th National People’s Congress Standing Committee, removes an article saying full-time students can postpone their service in the army. It also raises the maximum age for recruitment of college graduates to 24, stating that college graduate recruits with outstanding performance in the army may be directly promoted to officer posts. The date for recruitment registration is also expected to be shifted from the current Sept 30 to June 30 in order to facilitate those who want to join the army before they go to university or after their graduation. It also pledges to increase the attractiveness of being a serviceman, proposing that salaries should be adjusted in sync with economic growth and the government should introduce military insurance.” [China Daily]